SADC gender activists urge leaders to bite the bullet

A powerful consortium of gender activists has urged their leaders to make history by adopting the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development when they meet in Lusaka, Zambia from 16-17 August.

In a statement, the Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance commended gender ministers from the region for approving one of the most far-reaching instruments anywhere in the world for achieving gender equality at an extraordinary meeting in July. The draft has also been passed by justice ministers who met in Lesotho in early August to ensure legal compliance before the Protocol is placed before heads of state.

 
The Attorney General of Botswana Dr Athalia Molokomme has said that the Protocol would "place this region at the forefront and cutting edge of the achievement of one of the last frontiers of democracy and human rights: gender equality."
According to the Alliance, which comprises 16 regional and national gender NGOs, if adopted, the Protocol "will be a global first that will place SADC at the cutting edge of innovative strategies for giving global and continental commitments meaning at sub-regional level."

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